Basic geography P

Question 1

Peshmerga

Answer 1

Kurdish fighter

Question 2

Pharaoh

Answer 2

King of ancient Egypt

Question 3

Philosophy

Answer 3

General study of knowledge in the world; Greek for “love of wisdom”

Question 4

Physical map

Answer 4

Map that shows physical, or natural, features

Question 5

Pictograms

Answer 5

Picture symbol

Question 6

Pilgrimage

Answer 6

Religious journey

Question 7

Place

Answer 7

Mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location

Question 8

Plain

Answer 8

Large area of flat or gentle rolling land

Question 9

Plateau

Answer 9

Large, mostly flat area that rises above the surrounding land

Question 10

Plate tectonics

Answer 10

Theory that explains how huge blocks of the Earth’s crust called “plates” move

Question 11

Plebeian

Answer 11

Non patrician citizen of ancient Rome

Question 12

Poaching

Answer 12

Illegal hunting

Question 13

Polar zone

Answer 13

Areas north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic circle; also known as high latitudes

Question 14

Polders

Answer 14

Areas of dry land reclaimed from lake bottoms or the seabed

Question 15

Political map

Answer 15

Map that shows political units, such as countries or states

Question 16

Political party

Answer 16

Group that supports candidates for public office

Question 17

Political stability

Answer 17

When politics proceed without violence or destruction

Question 18

Pollution

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Waste that makes the air, soil, or warmer less clean

Question 19

Population density

Answer 19

Measure of the number of people per unit of land

Question 20

Population distribution

Answer 20

Spreading of people over an area of land

Question 21

Precipitation

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Water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

Question 22

Prehistory

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Time before humans invented writing

Question 23

Presidential system

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System of government in which voters directly elect the president

Question 24

Primary industry

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Industry involving the collection of resources from nature, such as fishing

Question 25

Primary source

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Information that comes directly from the person who experiences and events

Question 26

Producer

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Person or business that makes and sells products

Question 27

Productivity

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Amount of goods or service produced given the amount of resources used

Question 28

Profit

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Money a company has left over after subtracting the cost of doing business

Question 29

Projection

Answer 29

Way to map Earth on a flat surface

Question 30

Propaganda

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Information created or distributed by governments in order to influence public opinion

Question 31

Prophet

Answer 31

A messenger of God

Question 32

Pull factor

Answer 32

Cause of migration that pulls, or attracts, people to new countries

Question 33

Push factor

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Cause of migration that pushes people to leave their home country